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...Obama came into office emphasizing the importance of diplomacy, and last year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. wouldn't allow human-rights issues to derail cooperation with China on other fronts, like stabilizing the global economy. Last fall Obama delayed meeting with the Dalai Lama when he was in Washington to avoid angering China ahead of his first visit to the country. That move was criticized by some as too deferential, as was Obama's approach to human-rights issues during his three-day trip, which Chinese activists called disappointingly limited...
...Andrykew at least getting a chance to enjoy Vancouver's vibrant nightlife? "Oh, at the end of the day I'm too tired for anything like that," she says. So if she could do it all over again, she surely wouldn't sign up, right? "Absolutely I would," Andrykew says. She points to Quatchi on the back of her badge. "I'm excited to go to work to get some more stickers...
...That is little consolation to Mizen, who is still waiting for Facebook to take down the page he reported as offensive months ago. Allan wouldn't comment specifically on Mizen's case but said that in general, all complaints are reviewed within 36 hours. Not in his case, Mizen says. "You don't get any acknowledgement," he says. "Nothing happens...
...slopes but don't always see eye to eye. For years, regal skiers treated upstart snowboarders like pests; thanks to efforts by snowboarding pioneers like White, who has given the sport legitimacy and near mainstream acceptance, now there's at least a grudging respect between the two camps. "I wouldn't say there's a rivalry," says Rick Bower, a half-pipe coach for the U.S. team. He stops to reconsider that statement. "There is a little bit, I guess." (Watch TIME's video "As Vonn Wins, a 'Bluebird' Day for Whistler Skiers...
...final indignity came when the strange visitors insisted on securing the wrists of the hostages with plastic tie-wraps. It was a calculated effort to convince Cesar and Gafas that they wouldn't be attacked by the hostages once on board the helicopter. But the outraged hostages refused to cooperate. The army agents were taken aback. In their rush to placate the guerrillas, the agents had provoked a full-blown mutiny among the very people they were trying to save...